The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-03-10
RECENT LITERATURE.

Many Of the curious facts that ~ sets forth nave
never been seen by us in print before, and no one
can read IL without finding much in IL that he
would not have missed knowing for many times
the price Of the book. Its author, who was
brilliant soldier in two wars, writes as well as
he fought, which is saying much. The book
concludes with this peroration:
"0uT flag now, October, 1856, has 3s stars in
its union, thanks 10 the people of the United
States under their great leader President Lin
coin; thanks 10 the courage of the officers, sol.
diers and sailors who followed the wise ana
heroic leadership of Gen. Grant aud Admiral
Faragut
Grant, in jouneyng around the world for
his cOuntry's sake, received ovations from the
potentates of the whole world such as never
before fell TO the lot of mortal man.
Abraham Lincoln died doing his duty. The
whole world, including China, Japan. and the
far-ofi isles Of the sea. bewailed his death. The
country he lived and died for lives and prospers
God bless oar flag forever"
The pamphlet is the outcome Of an extended
monograph on the flag which was written
by the author in 1852. at the request OF Gen.
Winfield Scott, on whose staff he was then
serving. The book was printed but nearly the
whole edition was destroyed 10y an accidental
fire. There have been many inquiries Tor IL,
aud the author has prepared this brief eplto-
IMITATION of il, in response 10 those requests
Every American family should have one.
THE GREAT INVASION OF 1868; Or GEN.
LEE IN PENNSYLVANIA. BY Jacob Hoke.
Dayton, o.: w. J. Shuey.
This splendid volume Of 600 pages is the
most complete and detailed history yet gwen
! TO the public Of one Of the greatest Of the cam
pagns Of our late civil war. 1t not only gives
! the details Of the three days Of terrible battle
/ at Gettysburg but il embraces complete
summary Of events which transpired within
| the two great opposing armies from the time OF
! their departure from their encampments upon
! the Rappahannock, in Virginia, until they
stood face 20 face upon the soil OF Pennsyl-
yania, and until they again, after the tremen-
] dous ordeal ut Gettysburg recrossed the Poto-
mac and resumed their former positions. III is
universally accepted that the field of Gottys-
burg, although extending over space not less
than % square miles, is the best preserved and
marked of any of the great hattle6elds of the
world. In addition TO those Mounts of Saliva
tion--Cemetery, Culp's and VOLTS Hills and
Little and Big Round Top, hundreds of the
most beautiful, costly and enduring monuments
and tablets have already been erected, and
moro will be added. These designate the places
where brave and heroic men fought for the
preservation Of our great and glorious Govern
ment and where heroes and patriots poured
out their blood and yielded up their lives that
that Government might live IL is right and
proper then, that the fullest information OF
every important incident and event pertaining
historic place should be known. These the
author Of this book has given in style and
| language which, while interesting 10 the learn
| ed, will be understood and appreciated by all.
The price of the book is from So to $3.50, ac-
cording 10 the style of binding.
HOME RULE AND THE IRISH LAND CUES
TloN: BY Charles Higgins. Chicago; Rand,
McNally Co. 81.
Any person wishing to understand the trou-
bles in Ireland should read this book. Devoid
of unnecessary detail, ii has brought the salient
points of the question into compact little vol
ume that must prove an excellent companion
for any one DESTROYS Of studying the nature of
lreland's claims. or speaking in her defense.
The work is now having an immense sale in
England, ireland, Scotland and Wales, and is
admitted by the great leader Of the Irish Par
liamentary Party TO be the best book ever
issued on the subject.
THE SQUIRE OF sANDALSIDE BY Amelia T.
Barr. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 81. Sold
in Washington by Balautyne.
A pleasant pastoral romance by popular au-
thor, whose stories may be warmly commended
for their freshness and purity.
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year.
American Art.-This is an artistically Illus
trated journal, published monthly, and de-
voted TO painting, engraving, sculpture, archi-
lecture decoration and the industrial arts.
The subscription is $3.50 year. or Is cents a
number.
The Popular Science Monthly-Mr. Appleton
Morgan opens the January number of The
Popular Science Monthly with q discussion OF
the question, Are Railroads Public Enc
. miesl" which is of timely interest in con-
nectiOn with the passage of the Interstate
Commerce Bill; as it touches upon several
Of the points which are covered by that
measure. "A Mount Washington Sandwort, y
, by Grant Allen, presents the thoughts sug-
{ gested by little Arctic plant which the writer
a picked near the top Of Jacobs Ladder" on
the Mount Washington Railway, leading him
e 20 consideration Of the extent and meaning
| Of the glacial action that planted il there SC
Y far away from the rest of its species Prof
1 Lucy NJ Hall, of Nassar College, in Higher
G Education Of Women and the Family" pub
r fishes facts that have come within her own OBJ
S servation, which seem TO contradict the object
i ions which have been made, on physiological
s. grounds, 20 subjecting women 20 collegiat,
S training and discipline. Persons who desire Il
J. begin the study Of natural history will Learn
h much and find their introduction 10 the practi
i cal work of the science greatly facilitated
4 w AtdulNE MI d. - AllphicyS HOW "a NhLu
s ralist is Trained" Mr.. Frederic @. Mathe
l. contributes illustrated article Of curious in
a terest on Celebrated Clocks" describing sew
eral Of very ingenious construction. A valua
bic paper on Comparative Psychology: IL
Objects and Problems" is furnished by Prof
II T. Wesley Mills, Of McGil University, Mon
e treal An account Of The Giant Birds of New
4 Zealand" by Horatio Hale bears upon tn
u question of the antiquity Of the Gro MagnOn
). race of men. In Genius and Mental Disease.
IL DIR. VIM. Stevenson opposes the views of som
IS authors who have regarded the two as related
d Prof Humphrey, u. x. s.. gives an analysis o
J. 1.-The Habits aud Family History of Cente
3 naTians," from the observation of 81 indiyid
g uals, Of ages ranging from 100 10 los years
ie The present number of the Monthly, as is fitting
Di takes the shape. TO considerable extent, of
s. memorial number TO Prof T. l.. Youmans il
n late senior editor, who died on the 18th q
4 January last. A steel-plate portrait Of Pro
+ Youmans, presenting vivid likeness, is aC
RS companied by sketch Of his life by his sistel
le who was his companion and assistant in hi
10 earlier studies; and testimony is borne in III
oil Editors Table 10 his personal worth and IN
er selfish devotion TO the increase and diffusion
IN scientific knowledge.
ST The March installation of Messrs. Nicola
ST and Hays Life Of Lincoln" in The Ca
ID ttTy, beginning the second of the three p,
n riOds into which Lincoln's history natural
re divides itself is compact review of the Ion
ed movement for slavery extension in the Unite
ch States, ending with the Kansas Nebraska bill
al George w. Cables novelette,, Grand
ms Pointe" appears complete in the March Cei
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